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ali_bongo_
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January 24, 2014
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Captivate 7 - Hide / disable 'next' button until queston is answered

  • January 24, 2014
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We're trying to make it compulsory to answer a question before advancing to the next slide.

Ideally we want to hide / remove the next navigation button until the question is answered.

Any help would be appreciated

P.S. I did check the Adobe forums and it suggested putting the next button under the clear button - which works....but not if you navigate back to the slide - you cannot then go forwards

Many thanks

Al

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Correct answer Lilybiri

You found my suggestion to put the Next button, that is meant as a Skip button during Quiz, under the Clear button, which has also the advantage that there cannot be a confusion between the Submit and the Next button Indeed, it was certainly also mentioned that it is supposed you don't allow Backwards movement and hide the playbar in that case.

http://blog.lilybiri.com/question-question-slides-in-captivate

The buttons on question slides cannot be controlled like other buttons. They are embedded in the question slide. If you want total control, you have to create custom question slides (lot of work).

Another approach with the default question slides is to check the Required option 'Answer All' in the Quiz Preferences, Settings. Or you can use Submit All, which allows backward movement and will pop up a warning if not all questions are answered, but will alow to submit even in that case.

And you could try, if you feel comfortable with advanced actions, to create a conditional action On enter for each slide, that shows a shape button that will be Next button in case of backwards movement..

Lilybiri

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delasoup
delasoup
Known Participant
September 19, 2016

I was under the impression that if I put the Clear button on top of the Skip button, that the first time through the Clear button would be present, and upon returning to that slide, the Clear button would be gone, and the Skip button would be shown. This is not what I am experiencing. Upon revisit, the slide resets and the Clear button is there each time. I am using Knowledge Check slides. Am I misunderstanding how this is supposed to function?

Thanks,

J

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
September 19, 2016

Are you on CP7 or 9? KC slides are new in CP9, they do not have Review mode

but are reset immediately after leaving the slide.

The tweak to hide Next button under Clear button was valid for previous

versions, because Next doubled as Skip during Preview. In CP9 this is no

longer the case: Review can have dedicated Next/Back buttons.

delasoup
delasoup
Known Participant
September 19, 2016

Hi Lilybiri, thanks for the clarification. I am on CP9. That's unfortunate that the KC slides are reset after they are left. The client wants users' answers to persist while jumping around through the course. We are not using the Review feature. Is it possible to achieve what I am trying to do with regular quiz slides? We have a final quiz at the end that reports to an LMS, and wouldn't want the practice quizzes to be tallied along with those.

The main objective is to have Back, Next and Submit buttons on all quiz slides, with Next being hidden or disabled the first time through. Then when the slide is revisited it would allow the Next button for forward navigation.

Is this possible?

J
Jabir
Participating Frequently
January 24, 2014

Hi Ali,

As Lieve suggested Answer All should work.The option will be grayed out until you hit Submit.You can as well navigate back and forth with next button enabled after you have answered the question.

Lilybiri
LilybiriCorrect answer
Legend
January 24, 2014

You found my suggestion to put the Next button, that is meant as a Skip button during Quiz, under the Clear button, which has also the advantage that there cannot be a confusion between the Submit and the Next button Indeed, it was certainly also mentioned that it is supposed you don't allow Backwards movement and hide the playbar in that case.

http://blog.lilybiri.com/question-question-slides-in-captivate

The buttons on question slides cannot be controlled like other buttons. They are embedded in the question slide. If you want total control, you have to create custom question slides (lot of work).

Another approach with the default question slides is to check the Required option 'Answer All' in the Quiz Preferences, Settings. Or you can use Submit All, which allows backward movement and will pop up a warning if not all questions are answered, but will alow to submit even in that case.

And you could try, if you feel comfortable with advanced actions, to create a conditional action On enter for each slide, that shows a shape button that will be Next button in case of backwards movement..

Lilybiri

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ali_bongo_Author
Participant
January 24, 2014

Thanks - i will give those a go

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